Hi,

I'm new to this forum and will introduce myself in another post. I have a friend who actually worked with Dr. Alvarez as a patient coordinator. She has a very great relationship with him and has taken multiple people (herself included) to see him and his associates for GS and plastic surgery. She set my surgery up for me but is also now working for a Dr. Oscar Lumban. He is in Tijuana and most of his patients are Mexican. He isn't on the web, but he's been doing bariatric surgery for 25 years. He actually performs his surgery in the Hospital Angeles, not just the clinic. I am doing a revision and I have Multiple Sclerosis. My friend feels it is better for me to be in the hospital environment with this doctor. I was wondering if any of you have heard of him.

I read your post with concern.... I hope that you try and find a surgeon in an American Hospital since you have a medical condition ......I was going to go to Mexico and to Dr. Alvarez....after exploring other options ,etc....I decided that it was not for me.... there is no recourse in medical facilities and physicians who operate out of the USA should something go wrong....... there are plenty of fine hospitals and surgeons right here in the USA....wishing you all the best in good health.......

Going to Mexico is not bad. In fact, the Mexican doctors have a longer successful history of sleeve surgeries than the US doctors.

The issue is the MS

My mother had MS and what I would be concerned about is having some type of relapse or issue after the surgery and before you are able to get back into the states. You also need to contact your insurance company and find out how this would affect your coverage. Some insurance policies will not cover you out of the country....I know specifically mine does...but it is something you need to review entirely before doing it.

Good luck.

Not, I never heard but I'm going to be in his table in couple weeks for VSG. I'll be grateful if you can tells me some about him, and what happen in your own experience . THNX .